Strawberry Cream Cheese Muffins
 
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Cream cheese makes these muffins special with a softer, lighter texture than other muffins. Strawberries take them over the top to make them the best muffins you'll ever eat.
Alison:
Recipe type: Muffins, Bread, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Serves: 12-16 muffins
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  • 8 oz. cream cheese
  • ¼ c. butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ tsp. vanilla
  • ½ c. buttermilk
  • 2 c. flour
  • 1½ tsp. baking powder
  • ½ tsp. soda
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • 1 c. fresh strawberries
Here's how...
  1. Cream together the cream cheese, butter, and sugar until well blended.
  2. Add in the eggs one at a time incorporating each well.
  3. Blend in the vanilla.
  4. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, soda, and salt.
  5. Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture alternating with ½ c. buttermilk.
  6. Use a spoon or spatula to blend from this point to avoid over-mixing. Be gentle with the batter to keep a fluffy texture for the finished product.
  7. Fold in 1 c. of chopped strawberries.
  8. Use cupcake liners or butter a muffin tin well. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
  9. Add batter to the muffin tins basing amount on how many muffins you'd like. (see above)
  10. Sprinkle with sparkling sugar.
  11. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  12. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes and then move to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Recipe by That Which Nourishes at https://thatwhichnourishes.com/strawberry-cream-cheese-muffins/